Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-15
oxFoRp couNrY HORSE NorEs
CoNsrKLLArIoN. MS PEDIGREE AND
HisroRY lis IT JEALOUSY THAT ~.
FEcrs MS DErRAcToRs - SosE Is
ITRrsTfNo fAcTs.

A. before stated we propose 10 say q
few more words IN regard 20 the
well known and much abused horse.
Constellation. II Il true be i no, owned
IN Oxford County. and there Is bu. little
Of his stock owned here nyet Bai We
are advised Ia the Good Book noi 10 look
wholly on our ovn things. bat also on
the things u others. 50, as our zealou,
friend. Jason Russell, cites him az an ex-
ample TO show iha, the Hamble,onIan,
get bu, few ,rol,srs, we will look Al a
few facts aud figures ia relation to the
matter.
Constellation was bred by Gen. VIII
liam +. wi,hef. Of Kentucky. And was
iolled ia 1874. lie was purchased by
Gen. W. 5. Tillon. and bfoush, 10
Maine when , or years Old. IL was
sired by Almoni. sire Of 81 Ia the 80 list,
ani hi, dam vas by Starlight. BY BlooIs
Hackhawk. son Of Vermont BlsokhaWk (;
second dam by Mambriao Chief lie
stands aboii Is tAai., - IN. IN height aud
weighs consiiaFAbly over 100. His
record i, $40. made. II We are no, mis-
taken. IN hi, first and only race. lie
was we'll advertised during hi, hrsi sea-
.oa ia the stud. and this may be one TEA
son Why 20 many horsemsn haze LwAy'
down on him. fearing he would draw
custom away from their favoriis siallioas;
bat before biz accusers cast any more
stones a, him. lsi them consider few
moments 1t them stop comparing
the number Of iro'isrs got by him with
those go' by Gen Kaox, Daniel Lambert,
Geo Wilkes. Blue Bell. etc, aud. IN.
stead. compare them with other ',Alliofs
of hi, age. standing in Maiae, and which
are sah by their friend. 10 be greatly
superior 70 Constellation IS ,irss of iroi-
teis.
Let "a, see nov whA, he has doae %
hr Brother Russell says Constellation
has 70, bat two troiiers, Ard no good
brood mares. Nov. it seems 70 be a
hAbii wi'h many hor,cmsn. when sPssk-
ins Of horses they doa', fancy. TO regard
q. iro,ier oaly those that have made
Ia, records, bat ia spsAkins of their IA
vofiies. whenever one ~ them shows a
f.s Trial OF seem, TO pull them fas, when
riding behind them. they never hssi'
tate 10 pronolncs him a uo'ier.
Constellation ~ill be ~ years oil this
.prins. and has 'irsd Glenafn, 2:2jl.
shose record Of 22Gi a, Canton i' toe
fA.,es, ever made oa Maine track, add
whose ~agoa rtc1fd Of lbs i' The fastest
by several .scoadsui any record 10 wagon
ever made In Maine Gallant. by Goa.
4 llai.on. was "a. frat ihfer-ysar.oli 10
,io, Ia $50 Ia Maine. aad l.oavi'ka,
?.jll. has no, been ,qlAled by three.
yeu.old Oily IN Maine. lla"ar las
a wagon record Of ?.i9. Ani has ,ro''ed
a well authenticated trial in 2.96. Hen.
risiiA has also iro,isd trial in 2.2I
anl Illusion. the PAGER owned BY Hon
Frank Jones Of Portsmouth. Y II has
shown close 20 92O B.sllss these We
have the black s,.ling Junior, Owned here
in Maine by G.. II. Nslson. that has
shown a quarter IN 5j seconds when five
years oh. Ja1ta. same age. and Owned
by A. X Yaie. Of NauAlbofo. Ne, i
also quite speedy.
We knoW u m,ny more q bis get that
have shown unmisiakabls evidence q Be-
/ ing possessed OF considerable natural
speed. pa, have no, yci been hand!ed for
speed. OF those mentioned We have one
with a record inside of 2:2j. two With
| fAst col, records. lnd four mofc that have
shown by The watch their capacity TO
beat $50 and a ear,fi! search fails 10
show another stallion in Maine Of The
same Age. that has made 90 good show
ing. although We have younger ones that
may surpl,s Is. Black Pilot ha, three
I in the $50 let. bat be j. siy yea- older
than Constellation. a, is also Van Mol
,ks. who also has two or three inside Of
the charmed circle. Neither oae hA'
colt, with fast records.
As stated la., week Gen. Knox was
fourteen years old before be had single re-
preventative in $50. and Winthrop Nor
nll was l6. The fret Of Knox's get "a
iro, in $50 wa. Gilbre,h Knox; be- wa
seven years old aud bis sire IL. Knox
was Il when Camori. 2:l0l. tro,,ed
into the charmed circle. aud the same
age when Lady Maud 90, her record IN
2:is5. HIewA, 81 when Harry SPAnker,
$50. entered. and twenty-five when
Knox Boy, 2:22i and Messenger Knox,
$3.50 stepped in. and was iweu,y-siI
when Indspsndsnee. 2'2l and Vleior,2i'
%. 70, in. Had Gi'breih Knox lived. he
would have been nineteen when Capi,ola,
2:29I. 20, inside Of $50. twenty when
Charles H., 2:27. did the trick. twenty
three when HAmbleioniAn Knox, 2;2or
performed IL. and tweniy.four when Gil.
bre,h Maid. 2:25i, came IN. This proves
that /. requires time 20 show whether ol
no, a stallion i. speed producer. but IA
these days Of steam, electricity, and TO-
boggAn sliding, everything mus, be done
with rush. The successful iro,,ing
sire /, expected TO produce phenomena
uotier with a eelereiy equal TO that OF
the famou. wool chopper, who chopped
seven cords of wood and seasoned !, IN
one day.
II is urked tha, Constellation bad IN
joytd extraordinary opportunities durine
hi. short career |, is true be had some
good mares for the first few years, bat
people 20, 20 prjudioed against him,
that his patronage for the pas, three
years has dwindlsd down 10 almost none,
aud il never was 20 large As Gen. Knox''
was.
As regards his being failure as a sire
Of brood mares, although one Of hi,
daughters has produced winner, vi
will wait until several Of them have pro-
duced colts old enough TO break before
we discuss that question. As far Al
size Is Concerned. the ge, Of Consul laiion
will take equal rank with that Of any
other ,rotiing stallion that ever stood IN
New England and he has twice ,aker
iirst premium for best stallion for get
clemens drivers, the class OF h0n,s we al
| o.,kt % h,..I "a,